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Arno Rosenfeld (January 7, 2025). "Scoop: Heritage Foundation plans to 'identify and target' Wikipedia editors" . The Forward . Retrieved January 8, 2025 . (Wikipedia has an entire entry on the back-and-forth between pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian editors of the encyclopedia that it says began in earnest around 2006.)
Matthew Gault (January 7, 2025). "The People Behind Project 2025 Want to Reveal the Identities of Wikipedia Editors" . Gizmodo . Retrieved January 8, 2025 . Wikipedia's long history of writing about the Israel-Palestine conflict has its own dedicated article, complete with its own complicated and sprawling history of edits, discussions, and fights.
Stephen Harrison (February 5, 2025). "Project 2025's Creators Want to Dox Wikipedia Editors. The Tool They're Using Is Horrifying" . Slate . Retrieved February 5, 2025 . Let's be clear: Wikipedia's handling of this topic area is incredibly contentious. Many Wikipedians deliberately avoid pages like "Gaza War," "Zionism," and even the meta-entry on Wikipedia's own coverage of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict.
Jon Brodkin (October 7, 2025). "Ted Cruz doesn't seem to understand Wikipedia, lawyer for Wikimedia says" . Ars Technica . Retrieved October 9, 2025 . He described the Wikimedia Foundation as "intervening in editorial decisions" in an apparent reference to an incident in which the platform's Arbitration Committee responded to editing conflicts on the Israeli–Palestinian conflict by banning eight editors.
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Arno Rosenfeld (January 7, 2025). "Scoop: Heritage Foundation plans to 'identify and target' Wikipedia editors" . The Forward . Retrieved January 8, 2025 . (Wikipedia has an entire entry on the back-and-forth between pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian editors of the encyclopedia that it says began in earnest around 2006.)
Matthew Gault (January 7, 2025). "The People Behind Project 2025 Want to Reveal the Identities of Wikipedia Editors" . Gizmodo . Retrieved January 8, 2025 . Wikipedia's long history of writing about the Israel-Palestine conflict has its own dedicated article, complete with its own complicated and sprawling history of edits, discussions, and fights.
Stephen Harrison (February 5, 2025). "Project 2025's Creators Want to Dox Wikipedia Editors. The Tool They're Using Is Horrifying" . Slate . Retrieved February 5, 2025 . Let's be clear: Wikipedia's handling of this topic area is incredibly contentious. Many Wikipedians deliberately avoid pages like "Gaza War," "Zionism," and even the meta-entry on Wikipedia's own coverage of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict.
Jon Brodkin (October 7, 2025). "Ted Cruz doesn't seem to understand Wikipedia, lawyer for Wikimedia says" . Ars Technica . Retrieved October 9, 2025 . He described the Wikimedia Foundation as "intervening in editorial decisions" in an apparent reference to an incident in which the platform's Arbitration Committee responded to editing conflicts on the Israeli–Palestinian conflict by banning eight editors.
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Samantha Cole (2 October 2018). "Wikipedia Bans Right Wing Site Breitbart as a Source for Facts" . Vice .
Omer Benjakob (9 January 2020). "Why Wikipedia Is Much More Effective Than Facebook at Fighting Fake News" . Haaretz .
Oliver Darcy (24 July 2020). "Wikipedia administrators caution editors about using Fox News as source on 'contentious' claims" . CNN .
Palmer Haasch (24 July 2020). "After Wikipedia editors battled over citing Fox News as a source, administrators said it should be 'used with caution' for science and politics" . Insider .
Noam Cohen (10 August 2020). "Why Wikipedia Decided to Stop Calling Fox a 'Reliable' Source" . Wired .
Layne Radlauer (5 September 2020). "Wikipedia Isn't Censoring Conservative Journalists" . Misbar. However, many left-wing websites are also listed as unreliable sources on Wikipedia, while some right-wing sources are reliable.
Heather Kelly (15 January 2021). "On its 20th birthday, Wikipedia might be the safest place online" . The Washington Post . And when it comes to those sources, there is of course a Wikipedia [page] that lists sources and rates them according to how reliable they are.
Stephen Harrison (1 July 2021). "Wikipedia's War on the Daily Mail" . Slate .
Stephen Harrison (1 March 2022). "How the Russian Invasion of Ukraine Is Playing Out on English, Ukrainian, and Russian Wikipedia" . Slate .
"Pro-Kremlin Disinformation Outlets Referenced By Hundreds Of Wikipedia Articles" . EUvsDisinfo . 19 April 2022. A "non-exhaustive list of sources whose reliability and use on Wikipedia are frequently discussed" is maintained on yet another page. Note that both Sputnik and RT are explicitly listed as unreliable sources, but there is no reference, for example, to SNA, the rebranded German version of Sputnik. Southfront[.]org and news-front[.]info are listed as "state-sponsored fake news sites", but they are missing from the main list on the page.
Maggie Harrison Dupré (29 February 2024). "Wikipedia No Longer Considers CNET a "Generally Reliable" Source After AI Scandal" . Futurism .
Benj Edwards (29 February 2024). "AI-generated articles prompt Wikipedia to downgrade CNET's reliability rating" . Ars Technica .
Christopher Harper (2 March 2024). "AI-generated content and other unfavorable practices have put longtime staple CNET on Wikipedia's blacklisted sources" . Tom's Hardware .
Elia-Shalev, Asaf (18 June 2024). "ADL faces Wikipedia ban over reliability concerns on Israel, antisemitism" . Jewish Telegraphic Agency .
"Wikipedia declares ADL 'unreliable' on Israel-Palestine conflict, antisemitism" . i24NEWS . 19 June 2024.
Aaron Bandler (21 June 2024). "Wikipedia Editors Label ADL Only Reliable for Antisemitism When "Israel and Zionism Are Not Concerned" " . The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles .
Ben Brasch (26 June 2024). "Wikipedia defends editors deeming Anti-Defamation League 'unreliable' on Gaza" . The Washington Post .
Aaron Bandler (11 September 2024). "Wikipedia's Fundamental Sourcing Problem" . The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles .
Luis Cornelio (February 3, 2025). "Wikipedia Effectively Blacklists ALL Right-Leaning Media; Smearing Trump, GOP and Conservatives" . NewsBusters . Retrieved February 3, 2025 .
Bevan Hurley (February 6, 2025). "Wikipedia accused of blacklisting conservative US media" . The Times . Retrieved February 7, 2025 .
Margaret Talbot (March 4, 2025). "Elon Musk Also Has a Problem with Wikipedia" . The New Yorker . Retrieved March 4, 2025 .
Feven Merid (March 13, 2025). "Wikipedia's Reluctant Resisters" . Columbia Journalism Review . Retrieved June 2, 2025 .
Ari Paul (April 30, 2025). "Feds Threaten Wikipedia After Right-Wing Media Uproar" . ScheerPost . Retrieved April 30, 2025 .
Aaron Bandler (July 2, 2025). "Wikipedia citing anti-Israel group 'outrageous, not surprising,' say nonprofits the site shuns" . Jewish News Syndicate . Retrieved July 6, 2025 .
Josh Dzieza (September 4, 2025). "Wikipedia is resilient because it is boring" . The Verge . Retrieved September 4, 2025 .
Brent Bozell and Tim Graham (5 September 2025). "Google Gives You Wikipedia Tilt on Cable News Channels" . Townhall . Retrieved 5 September 2025 .
Ashley Rindsberg (11 September 2025). "Leftist Wikipedia editors twist facts in shameless move to smear Charlie Kirk" . Fox News . Retrieved 18 September 2025 .
Jason Cohen (29 September 2025). " 'This Is Amazing!': Tucker Carlson Stunned As Wikipedia Co-Founder Walks Him Through Site's Blacklist" . The Daily Caller . Retrieved 30 September 2025 .
"Jimmy Kimmel has nothing on Wikipedia when it comes to misinforming people" . New York Post . 30 September 2025. Retrieved 1 October 2025 .
Wiktoria Gucia (30 September 2025). "MAGA Melts Down Over Wikipedia 'Blacklist' " . The Daily Beast . Retrieved 1 October 2025 .
Asher Notheis (30 September 2025). "Musk xAI working on 'Grokipedia' after Wikipedia co-founder spotlights site's blacklist" . Washington Examiner . Retrieved 1 October 2025 .
Kelly Garino (1 October 2025). "Wikipedia co-founder says online encyclopedia has been completely corrupted by woke ideology" . Daily Mail . Retrieved 1 October 2025 .
Sean Davis (October 2, 2025). "Wikipedia's censorship is a threat to civilization itself" . New York Post .
Jon Brodkin (October 6, 2025). "Ted Cruz picks a fight with Wikipedia, accusing platform of left-wing bias" . Ars Technica . Cruz alleged that "bias is particularly evident in Wikipedia's reliable sources/perennial sources list"
Taha Yasseri (15 October 2025). "Grokipedia: Elon Musk is right that Wikipedia is biased, but his AI alternative will be the same at best" . The Conversation . Retrieved 16 October 2025 .
Will Oremus (October 24, 2025). "He co-founded Wikipedia. Now he's inspiring Elon Musk to build a rival" . The Washington Post . Retrieved October 24, 2025 .
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Samantha Cole (2 October 2018). "Wikipedia Bans Right Wing Site Breitbart as a Source for Facts" . Vice .
Omer Benjakob (9 January 2020). "Why Wikipedia Is Much More Effective Than Facebook at Fighting Fake News" . Haaretz .
Oliver Darcy (24 July 2020). "Wikipedia administrators caution editors about using Fox News as source on 'contentious' claims" . CNN .
Palmer Haasch (24 July 2020). "After Wikipedia editors battled over citing Fox News as a source, administrators said it should be 'used with caution' for science and politics" . Insider .
Noam Cohen (10 August 2020). "Why Wikipedia Decided to Stop Calling Fox a 'Reliable' Source" . Wired .
Layne Radlauer (5 September 2020). "Wikipedia Isn't Censoring Conservative Journalists" . Misbar. However, many left-wing websites are also listed as unreliable sources on Wikipedia, while some right-wing sources are reliable.
Heather Kelly (15 January 2021). "On its 20th birthday, Wikipedia might be the safest place online" . The Washington Post . And when it comes to those sources, there is of course a Wikipedia [page] that lists sources and rates them according to how reliable they are.
Stephen Harrison (1 July 2021). "Wikipedia's War on the Daily Mail" . Slate .
Stephen Harrison (1 March 2022). "How the Russian Invasion of Ukraine Is Playing Out on English, Ukrainian, and Russian Wikipedia" . Slate .
"Pro-Kremlin Disinformation Outlets Referenced By Hundreds Of Wikipedia Articles" . EUvsDisinfo . 19 April 2022. A "non-exhaustive list of sources whose reliability and use on Wikipedia are frequently discussed" is maintained on yet another page. Note that both Sputnik and RT are explicitly listed as unreliable sources, but there is no reference, for example, to SNA, the rebranded German version of Sputnik. Southfront[.]org and news-front[.]info are listed as "state-sponsored fake news sites", but they are missing from the main list on the page.
Maggie Harrison Dupré (29 February 2024). "Wikipedia No Longer Considers CNET a "Generally Reliable" Source After AI Scandal" . Futurism .
Benj Edwards (29 February 2024). "AI-generated articles prompt Wikipedia to downgrade CNET's reliability rating" . Ars Technica .
Christopher Harper (2 March 2024). "AI-generated content and other unfavorable practices have put longtime staple CNET on Wikipedia's blacklisted sources" . Tom's Hardware .
Elia-Shalev, Asaf (18 June 2024). "ADL faces Wikipedia ban over reliability concerns on Israel, antisemitism" . Jewish Telegraphic Agency .
"Wikipedia declares ADL 'unreliable' on Israel-Palestine conflict, antisemitism" . i24NEWS . 19 June 2024.
Aaron Bandler (21 June 2024). "Wikipedia Editors Label ADL Only Reliable for Antisemitism When "Israel and Zionism Are Not Concerned" " . The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles .
Ben Brasch (26 June 2024). "Wikipedia defends editors deeming Anti-Defamation League 'unreliable' on Gaza" . The Washington Post .
Aaron Bandler (11 September 2024). "Wikipedia's Fundamental Sourcing Problem" . The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles .
Luis Cornelio (February 3, 2025). "Wikipedia Effectively Blacklists ALL Right-Leaning Media; Smearing Trump, GOP and Conservatives" . NewsBusters . Retrieved February 3, 2025 .
Bevan Hurley (February 6, 2025). "Wikipedia accused of blacklisting conservative US media" . The Times . Retrieved February 7, 2025 .
Margaret Talbot (March 4, 2025). "Elon Musk Also Has a Problem with Wikipedia" . The New Yorker . Retrieved March 4, 2025 .
Feven Merid (March 13, 2025). "Wikipedia's Reluctant Resisters" . Columbia Journalism Review . Retrieved June 2, 2025 .
Ari Paul (April 30, 2025). "Feds Threaten Wikipedia After Right-Wing Media Uproar" . ScheerPost . Retrieved April 30, 2025 .
Aaron Bandler (July 2, 2025). "Wikipedia citing anti-Israel group 'outrageous, not surprising,' say nonprofits the site shuns" . Jewish News Syndicate . Retrieved July 6, 2025 .
Josh Dzieza (September 4, 2025). "Wikipedia is resilient because it is boring" . The Verge . Retrieved September 4, 2025 .
Brent Bozell and Tim Graham (5 September 2025). "Google Gives You Wikipedia Tilt on Cable News Channels" . Townhall . Retrieved 5 September 2025 .
Ashley Rindsberg (11 September 2025). "Leftist Wikipedia editors twist facts in shameless move to smear Charlie Kirk" . Fox News . Retrieved 18 September 2025 .
Jason Cohen (29 September 2025). " 'This Is Amazing!': Tucker Carlson Stunned As Wikipedia Co-Founder Walks Him Through Site's Blacklist" . The Daily Caller . Retrieved 30 September 2025 .
"Jimmy Kimmel has nothing on Wikipedia when it comes to misinforming people" . New York Post . 30 September 2025. Retrieved 1 October 2025 .
Wiktoria Gucia (30 September 2025). "MAGA Melts Down Over Wikipedia 'Blacklist' " . The Daily Beast . Retrieved 1 October 2025 .
Asher Notheis (30 September 2025). "Musk xAI working on 'Grokipedia' after Wikipedia co-founder spotlights site's blacklist" . Washington Examiner . Retrieved 1 October 2025 .
Kelly Garino (1 October 2025). "Wikipedia co-founder says online encyclopedia has been completely corrupted by woke ideology" . Daily Mail . Retrieved 1 October 2025 .
Sean Davis (October 2, 2025). "Wikipedia's censorship is a threat to civilization itself" . New York Post .
Jon Brodkin (October 6, 2025). "Ted Cruz picks a fight with Wikipedia, accusing platform of left-wing bias" . Ars Technica . Cruz alleged that "bias is particularly evident in Wikipedia's reliable sources/perennial sources list"
Taha Yasseri (15 October 2025). "Grokipedia: Elon Musk is right that Wikipedia is biased, but his AI alternative will be the same at best" . The Conversation . Retrieved 16 October 2025 .
Will Oremus (October 24, 2025). "He co-founded Wikipedia. Now he's inspiring Elon Musk to build a rival" . The Washington Post . Retrieved October 24, 2025 .